ABOUT THE PROJECT
Understanding and preserving habitat connectivity through the City of Edmonton is necessary for management and conservation of wildlife populations, as connected habitat allows animals to access resources, spread genes, and adapt to changes within the environment. The City of Edmonton modeled terrestrial mammal and arboreal wildlife connectivity using Circuitscape, a program based in circuit theory. However, wildlife movement does not always reflect models; therefore, it is important to validate these models prior to their application.
I worked with the City of Edmonton and University of Alberta to validate Edmonton's coyote and black-capped chickadee Circuitscape models, as part of a Sustainability Scholar internship project. I completed a preliminary exploration and analysis of the Circuitscape models using existing data sets on wildlife movement.
I worked with the City of Edmonton and University of Alberta to validate Edmonton's coyote and black-capped chickadee Circuitscape models, as part of a Sustainability Scholar internship project. I completed a preliminary exploration and analysis of the Circuitscape models using existing data sets on wildlife movement.
publications & reports
The final report for the project can be read here.
